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we have democratic strategist, former clinton advisor carrie wofford and welcome rick berman from the center for union facts. carrie, i know you're going to tell me i'm being too hard on the seiu, although the clinton administration was not really much of a pro-labor administration, if you ask me, to their credit. but i think, i think they have their ulterior motives. what's your take? >> they may have an ulterior motive but i think you're on to the wrong one. i think the motive is to build momentum for the federal minimum wage to increase in congress, so they see connecticut, new jersey, over 61% of the voters just voted recently for a minimum wage increase. california, new york, you see all these states, d.c., raising the minimum wage. they see gallup putting out a poll that three-quarters of americans want a minimum wage increase, and they see the momentum and they want to get a federal bill. that would be my sense. >> rick berman, i want to know if you agree with what carrie is saying. do you regard this as a true strike, in other words, were these workers from the fast food resta
we have democratic strategist, former clinton advisor carrie wofford and welcome rick berman from the center for union facts. carrie, i know you're going to tell me i'm being too hard on the seiu, although the clinton administration was not really much of a pro-labor administration, if you ask me, to their credit. but i think, i think they have their ulterior motives. what's your take? >> they may have an ulterior motive but i think you're on to the wrong one. i think the motive is to...
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sometimes that was bill clinton's mantra. i want to hear that from mr. obama. he doesn't. he doesn't. he is trying. jared, i'm sorry, buddy, you know how much i respect you. >> same here. >> this president goes too much for redistribution. he just does. it's in his bones and he creates these divisions and today was the same old boring speech. i've got to tell you, either, a, get a new speech writer, b, get a new policy, preferably both. this is not the last. jared bernstein, the best of the best, jimmy p., thank you, gentlemen. i'm kudlow. i'm calm noun. i'm better now. >>> president obama hosted a big white house youth summit this afternoon, but guess who wasn't invited? you're about to meet the national chair of the college republicans who's going to tell us why she was stiffed and why millennials are deserting obama and obama care in droves. >>> speaking of obama care, we have another raft of new problems with the health care law to report today. that includes what looks a bit like a bailout for the insurance companies. i don't like that if it's true. crony capitalism i
sometimes that was bill clinton's mantra. i want to hear that from mr. obama. he doesn't. he doesn't. he is trying. jared, i'm sorry, buddy, you know how much i respect you. >> same here. >> this president goes too much for redistribution. he just does. it's in his bones and he creates these divisions and today was the same old boring speech. i've got to tell you, either, a, get a new speech writer, b, get a new policy, preferably both. this is not the last. jared bernstein, the...
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let's talk to our friend, former special counsel to president clinton, lanny davis. we've got to get him onto the republican side. maybe the obama team should read it. also with us, hadley heath. lanny, i don't think it's a good product. and i'll say it's going to cost a whole lot more and the product line is going to be less and the networks are going to shrink and i think people in the country are generally pissed off and he lied and that hurt him, too. >> if you're right, i'll agree with you. i'm just not sure you're right. i certainly applaud you for saying the republicans need an alternate because we are the only western democracy in the world that has no national health insurance guaranteed access to health care. why is it that it's good enough for the canadians, for the swedes, for the swiss, for the french and for the english but not the americans -- >> the canadians come over the border to detroit. i love the canadians. they've got a good monetary policy, lower corporate tax rates than we have. their economy is growing better. but when it comes to health car
let's talk to our friend, former special counsel to president clinton, lanny davis. we've got to get him onto the republican side. maybe the obama team should read it. also with us, hadley heath. lanny, i don't think it's a good product. and i'll say it's going to cost a whole lot more and the product line is going to be less and the networks are going to shrink and i think people in the country are generally pissed off and he lied and that hurt him, too. >> if you're right, i'll agree...
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you know, what's the meaning of the word is as bill clinton once said. what are the mention of proprietary hedging, trading. there's a lot of wiggle room, i think, in these regulations. so it will be a while before the impact is really felt, but i would agree that longer term this will have a negative impact on bank profits. >> and see whether it opens up the market for european banks to compete better. greg, stay there. we'll come back to you fairly shortly. for more on today's volcker rulings, stay tuned to cnbc. we'll have more on why michael is voting no on the proposed rule and its current form. >>> a u.s. budget deal might come today, way ahead of friday's deadline. we'll be back with greg in d.c. he says even a wimpy deal would be important to investors. we'll find out why, right after this. ♪ [ male announcer ] how could switchgrass in argentina, change engineering in dubai, aluminum production in south africa, and the aerospace industry in the u.s.? at t. rowe price, we understand the connections of a complex, global economy. it's just one rea
you know, what's the meaning of the word is as bill clinton once said. what are the mention of proprietary hedging, trading. there's a lot of wiggle room, i think, in these regulations. so it will be a while before the impact is really felt, but i would agree that longer term this will have a negative impact on bank profits. >> and see whether it opens up the market for european banks to compete better. greg, stay there. we'll come back to you fairly shortly. for more on today's volcker...
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. >> we have janet yellen taking over for the fed, hillary clinton in the mix for 2016. there's one glaring sector where there's not a prominent top female executive, and if anything, we've seen some top female executives really leaving that industry over the last couple of years. >> yeah, that's a worry. and i'd like to see more females on top of major financial organizations. we're certainly working on it in the organizations i'm with. but i think we have a ways to go in the financial community. but among the corporations now, it's happening, and we need more. we're not there yet by a long shot, but we see fantastic women coming through the programs at harvard. so i'd like to see more of them ascend to the c suite and ultimately to the top job, and it would be good for building teams and american business for the long term. >> bill, not to say she won't have challenges, although i do see barclays adds gm to their top pick list, and in their words, bill, for the first time in a very long time, gm has a -- is being run by an engineer. what does she have to worry about? w
. >> we have janet yellen taking over for the fed, hillary clinton in the mix for 2016. there's one glaring sector where there's not a prominent top female executive, and if anything, we've seen some top female executives really leaving that industry over the last couple of years. >> yeah, that's a worry. and i'd like to see more females on top of major financial organizations. we're certainly working on it in the organizations i'm with. but i think we have a ways to go in the...
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newt gingrich talked to his perfectionist caucus in 1997 when he made a deal with bill clinton. and a lot of people in his party didn't disagree with it. conservative element, ironically, and he said to them, look, i want to talk to my perfectionist caucus people. the american people elected -- >> i have one more thing. >> the senate that disagreed. and we've got to cooperate and make it -- >> facts matter? >> facts do matter. >> you guys lost control of the house three years ago, four years ago. >> yep. >> that would make me take a step back and say what do i have to do to get back to being where i want to be? you said, well, you called him the whip instead of the majority leader. i listened to every word here. yours too. every word. >> steny, one thing i've always thought is things don't -- >> can i say something? >> please. >> elections make a difference. we had an election more recently than 2010 in 2012. president obama won. what were the two issues in that? taxes and health care. it made no difference. >> if you do -- i know you don't -- but you know that obama care's at 5
newt gingrich talked to his perfectionist caucus in 1997 when he made a deal with bill clinton. and a lot of people in his party didn't disagree with it. conservative element, ironically, and he said to them, look, i want to talk to my perfectionist caucus people. the american people elected -- >> i have one more thing. >> the senate that disagreed. and we've got to cooperate and make it -- >> facts matter? >> facts do matter. >> you guys lost control of the house...
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. >> i'm appealing to you, stand up and be -- >> i'm sitting down -- >> i think bill clinton was a republican. are you sure he was a democrat? >> i have no idea. >> senator kerrey will be with us for the rest of the program. >> do you want to be called senator or governor? >> you can call me bob. >> he wants to be senator. don't call anyone governor. >> walking dead, don't spoil it. >>> up next, dow chemical announces significant revamp, joining us after the break. and later this morning, what brown can do for you this holiday season. we hear from the cfo of u.p.s. about how to handle the holiday rush. >>> dow >>> dow chemical has announced its intention to sell part of the commodity chemicals business representing up to $5 billion in total revenue. and joining us now is the president, chairman and ceo of the dow chemical company. andrew, it's good to see you. and we always kind of grapple with this. business is attractive to someone. it's a commodities business. a good business, a steady business. why is it attractive to someone other than dow? why is it more attractive to the buyer than to
. >> i'm appealing to you, stand up and be -- >> i'm sitting down -- >> i think bill clinton was a republican. are you sure he was a democrat? >> i have no idea. >> senator kerrey will be with us for the rest of the program. >> do you want to be called senator or governor? >> you can call me bob. >> he wants to be senator. don't call anyone governor. >> walking dead, don't spoil it. >>> up next, dow chemical announces significant...